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lNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATHIAS BOI-INERT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HoRsE-oUePER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,223, dated February 1 1, 1902.

Application filed May 2, 1901. Serial No. 58,448. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHrAs BOHNERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Clippers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art lo which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to improvements in horse-clippers, and has for its object to provide a clipper having a movable handle which may be adjusted to a number of different positions, the device being especially valuable in saving time and labor in trimming the fetlocks of horses without lifting the foot fromV the ground, which has heretofore been impracticable with the ordinary form of clipper.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top, plan view of the clipper, showing in full and broken lines the positions to which the handles thereof are capable of adjustment; and Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the clipper on the line of the pivot pin or bolt.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the fixed cutter or comb plate, and 2 the movable cutter or comb plate, which is mounted to reciprocate longitudinally on said fixed plate in the usual manner, being retained in position thereon by the pins or bolts Sand guide-plates 4, which bolts project through slots 5, formed in the movable cutter-plate, and are provided with thumb-screws 6.

On the fixed or stationary cutter-plate l is formed a square boss or lug '7, through which able handle 12 of the tool is provided with a plate or footpiece 13, having a central openstructionthe movable operating-handle may be adjusted for use to bring either one of the said openings therein into position to engage the pin or stud on the movable cutter-plate to adapt said handle 'to be adjusted to either of the three positions shown in Fig. 1, while the rectangular boss 8 and rectangular opening in the foot-plate 1l adapt the stationary handle 10'to be'fixedly connected with the stationary cutter-plate 1 and to b`e. adj`usted to correspond to the adjustment of the movable handle 12.

If it should be found convenient in the use of the clipper that the handle should be at the left-hand side of the center of the clipper, the thumb-nut 15 is removed, the stationary handle is adjusted so as to point in the direction of the left-hand side of the cutter, and the movable handle shifted so that the opening 15' at the left-hand end of the trifoliate plate 13 Will engage the pin or stud 16, whereupon the movable cutter-plate will be operated as if the handles were in a straight position. If it should be found convenient in the use of the clipper that the handles should be at the right-hand sideof the center of the clipper, the parts are adjusted in the same manner, but to the right of the center of the cutter, and the opening 15at the right-hand side of the plate 13 is engaged with the pin or stud 16, whereupon the movable cutterplate will also be operated in the same manner as if the handles were in a straight position. Of course after the handles have been adjusted the thumb-screw 15 is again applied lto hold the plate 13 in position ou the'pins 9 and 16. Fig. 1 shows in full and broken lines the adjustment of the handles to operate in either of the three positions described.

The mode of operation of the tool will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. The great advantage ICO of my improved construction lies in its convenience in operation in reaching difficult parts to be trimmed. Heretofore with the ordinary construction of clipper in trimming the fetlocks of horses it has been necessary ro have one man hold up the foot of the horse while the other is using the clipper to trim the fetloek. My construction avoids the necessity of having the horses foot held up, as the operator is enabled to adjust the handles to all the positions necessary for trimming all portions of the fetlock without the necessity of lifting the foot o the ground. The advantages of the present construction of device will therefore be appreciated.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details ofconstruction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus fully d'scribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a clipper, the combination with a stationary cutterplate, an internally-screwthreaded squared boss formed on the upper surface thereof", a handle having a footpiece with a squared boxed opening therein so as to render the same independently detachable and adjustable on the squared boss, a movable cutter mounted to reciprocate longitudinally on said stationary cutter, a pin with a free independent upper end on said movable cutter, of a second movable handle having a footpiece with an opening therein, a threaded bolt secured flxedly at its lower end to the threads of the boss and passing through the opening of the foot-plate, said plate of said movable handle having openings therein whereby to adjust the same on the free end of said pin of said movable cutter-plate, and a thumb-screw on the upper end of said fixed threaded bolt of the boss for connecting the said foot-plates of the handles and cutter-plates of the combs together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MATHIAS BOIINERT.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. BURKAR'D, L. MA'vsHonEn. 

